The climate south of the Yangtze River is very different from that of the Central Plains, and it has been raining for several days since September this year. The western capital (Jinling) was shrouded in a drizzling rain, and the scenery of the imperial palace became blurry in the rain curtain, like an old painting with the year on it, which could not be seen clearly; The muffled sound of rain was pervasive, and nowhere was it truly quiet.

Emperor Zhou E avoided being in the ear room of the study, because Li Yu had to meet a guest temporarily.

There was the sound of rain interfering, and the sound of Li Yu talking to the guests was sometimes inaudible. The accent of the main guest is also a little difficult to understand, the accent of the Wuyue region.

The gray sky, the clammy air, and the suppressed sound of conversation affected Zhou Xian's mood, and she inexplicably felt that this place was full of the smell of conspiracy.

Li Yu's voice said: "Cui Yuanjun should know the reason why his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. This week, the imperial court annexed Shu and destroyed Wuping, and there was a tendency to advance Jiangnan; If the Southern Tang Kingdom did not exist, how could Wu Yueguo be spared? ”

The man named Cui Yuanjun muttered a call, and Zhou Xian didn't understand half of it in the ear room. It seems to mention that the current king of Wuyue, Qian Hongyu, was proclaimed king because of a coup d'état...... Zhou Xian knew about it, the former king of Wu Yue wanted to weaken the generals, and was placed under house arrest in a coup d'état, so Qian Hongyu could come to power.

“…… Wu Yue Junchen and the Southern Tang Dynasty have a feud, and they can't persuade their colleagues to rescue the Southern Tang Kingdom......" The man said this sentence was relatively clear, "I came here this time to tell the lord of the country an important news. ”

Li Yu's voice said, "What news?" ”

Cui Yuanjun's voice said: "The Great Zhou sent a military general named Cao Bin to Qiantang (Hangzhou) with an edict, asking Wu Yue to prepare to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty......"

Then Li Yu's tone changed completely, and he could hear that his mood was very affected.

When Zhou Xian heard this, he knew that the matter of the Great Zhou's attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty would soon be put into effect...... Otherwise, the Zhou court issued an edict to Wu Yue to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty alone, and it would be useless.

After a while, the conversation outside gradually subsided. Zhou Xian waited for a while, then walked out of the ear room and saw Li Yu sitting alone on a chair, rubbing his forehead with his palm. Zhou Xian asked, "What does the king want to do?" ”

Li Yu said with a sad face: "The upper reaches of the river have been lost, and Wu Yueguo is in the back of the abdomen, and the big thing is not good!" ”

Zhou Xian sighed quietly and asked in a low voice, "Has anyone ever persuaded the king to offer ......a watch?"

"No!" Li Yu immediately shook his head and said, "The Wu Yue Qian family has always served the great powers of the Central Plains, they can surrender; Our Li family surrendered but didn't end well! Having lost the throne, what am I left with? Go to a foreign land and endure humiliation! ”

Zhou Xian was silent.

After a long time, Li Yu stood up: "I will discuss the affairs of the state with the minister first." The queen mother has mentioned Sister Tuesday many times recently, thinking about her, and I want to bring her to the palace in two days. ”

Zhou Xian listened to it, and felt a little panicked in his heart. She had no choice but to say: "The Queen Mother's love for the second sister is a great favor to the Zhou family. ”

Li Yu said again: "In the evening, Emperor E and I went to the dinner with the queen mother, are you interested in dancing for the queen mother?" ”

Zhou Xian shook his head and said: "The world is restless, and I really don't have a mind. The concubines and the king went together to greet the queen mother, and they did their best. ”

"It's okay......" Li Yu sighed, "I remember that back then, my father was in charge of marrying you to me, and I danced in the palace to amaze the four seats, but I didn't expect it to be like this after a few years." ”

Li Yu got up and left.

When Zhou Xian heard him mention that year, he was still stunned. Many years ago, she had a lot of expectations for this life, she was born rich, beautiful and beautiful, and she was inevitably very angry; Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, music and dance practice diligently, just like a peerless master practicing in the deep mountains, just waiting to go out of the mountain...... Emperor E, naturally, is to get the emperor's favor in every way. She had expected the days ahead to be wonderful.

Unexpectedly, time gradually passed, and it became such a boring and uneasy life.

Zhou Xian walked to the mirror, looked at the very beautiful face inside, and said in his heart: I can live such a boring and empty life.

Outside the window, the sky was gray, the rain was wafting outside, the air inside was equally damp and cold, the light was gloomy and dim in the daytime, and even the bright yellow and red drapery decorations looked a little old. The red face in the bronze mirror is like jade, but his eyes are lonely and stagnant, and Zhou Xian feels that he is as cold as a ghost in a grave...... Her mood is that there is no fun in this world.

……

However, at this time, the weather in Tokyo is crisp and crisp, the weather is very dry, and the sun is in the sky.

"Smack!" With a sound of a string, an arrow snapped to the plank a hundred paces away, and the feathers on its tail buzzed and trembled with power. Guo Shao saw that he hit the bull's-eye and let out a long breath.

"Good! Good! Dong Zunzhi's voice first cheered, and then the soldiers on the school field also cheered. For a while, there were sycophants, and all kinds of praise and compliments were endless.

Guo Shao was very calm about such a scene. Like ordinary people, he will also feel happy when he is recognized by others...... It's just that after a long time, I won't be interested in this kind of very ordinary compliment, because I listen to it too much.

Guo Shao turned his head and showed a smile to the onlookers, and unhurriedly took another arrow. After the first arrow was fired, he felt less nervous, and a sense of satisfaction welled up in his heart.

After talking to Dong Zunzhi for a while, Dong Zunzhi hoped that his "uncle" would have time to accompany Gao's more, and it could be seen from his attitude that he obviously didn't care about his mother's affairs. This made Guo Shao feel that Gao's matter was not so serious...... The person who is most likely to find out the reason for Gao's pregnancy and recuperation is Dong Zunzhi; Now it seems that even if he finds out, it doesn't matter.

The school yard is dirt and there is some dust in the air, which affects the vision a little. Guo Shao held the bow and arrow, squinting his eyes to feel the distance between himself and the target.

Guo Shao remembered that the Olympic archery competition was only a few tens of meters away, not to mention that the bows and arrows used in the Olympic Games and the ancient bows and arrows were fundamentally different things. The first thing that Guo Shao wants for these two stone bows in his hand is an extraordinary brute force, otherwise he can't pull it away; Secondly, if you want to be accurate, it all depends on feeling...... The way of shooting bows and arrows is difficult to make a stable aiming device, and the accuracy depends on skill practice.

"100 steps through Yang" is just a legend for most people, accurate shooting can only shoot directly, and a bow that can shoot 100 steps directly must at least need this kind of strong bow in Guo Shao's hand. A little wind direction in the outside world, the feel of the bowstring will have an impact, and your own hand shaking, eyesight, and the timing of each movement will also affect the result.

In such a demanding sport, as long as you successfully hit the target, it is a kind of side proof that you are in good shape! This is also one of the reasons why Guo Shao can't let go of archery.

He felt like an ambitious hunter at this point!

He silently said in his heart: "I no longer have any psychological loopholes and entanglements. I am not betraying the locals. The people I care about, Marigold, Second Sister, Li Yuaner, Yulian...... Even the Gao family, their dignity, safety, future, and entire life are pinned on themselves; In this troubled world, only men can hold up the dreams that people weave. ”

"Victory, the dream of invincibility, will become the cornerstone of recasting the chaotic world!"

"I am no longer afraid, I will be given the freedom to do whatever I want, and I believe that I have the ability to take on this world and control this world!"

…… Guo Shao reached out and touched the head that always brings him good luck, a pair of old waist ornaments embroidered crookedly. He finally pulled the bowstring, and the whole movement went from loose to tight, smooth and skillful. The violent force of pulling the two-stone bow made the bow "click" and make the sound tight, and the atmosphere at this time alone attracted everyone's attention.

"Win!" Guo Shao drank with a thud.

With a "snap", the arrow plunged into the wooden board in the distance again, and the wooden board was vigorously pierced twice and cracked in the middle!

There was another uproar around, and the soldiers all looked at Guo Shao with awe. In the army, martial arts first recommend archery, to test whether a soldier is elite, as long as he can draw a strong bow, he may immediately pass the selection; Guo Shao's performance proves in the most intuitive and simple way that he is a strong man among martial artists.

Guo Shao also feels that he has entered the best state.

In the noisy atmosphere, I saw Lu Chengyong coming on horseback, dismounted and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, the guest envoy Zan Jurun is asking to see him outside the camp gate." ”

"Zan Jurun?" Guo Shao thought for a while, and the appearance of a helmet first appeared in his mind, because the helmet he was equipped with now was the improved style of Zan Jurun Jinyan. He didn't think much about it, and just consciously and willingly said, "Bring it to the camp hall, and I'll come later." ”

Guo Shao threw the bow and quiver in his hand to Dong Zunyu, and rode slowly on a black horse towards a group of buildings on the edge of the school field.

I met Zan Jurun in the lobby, this guy is a white civil official in his thirties, and he is actually very familiar with Guo Shao...... During the reign of the first emperor, he served as the supervisor of Guo Shao's army many times, responsible for monitoring changes in the army; At the time of the Tokyo Mutiny, he was also detained by Guo Shao. Anyway, Zan Jurun and Zuo You and others are not all the way.

Zan Jurun stood up from the chair, looked like a dusty man, and impatiently took out a roll of paper and presented it. Guo Shao reached out and grabbed his hand, and asked casually, "What is it?" ”

"Topographic map of Quarry Rock." Zan Ju Rundao.

Guo Shao was stunned, he was very familiar with the word quarry, because he had been pondering that place recently. A ferry port to the west of Jinling, because it is recorded in the book of war that many battles of crossing the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River took place from this place; Guo Shao felt that the ancients also had a lot of ideas, and this place must have its benefits, so he recently consulted a lot of files.

"Why did you think of offering a picture, where did you come from?" Guo Shao asked.

Zan Jurun said: "At the beginning, Li Du commanded the envoy (Li Chuyun) to attack Zhou Xingfeng, wasn't it just to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty? Xia Guan thought that Guo Dashuai would one day want to know the situation here, so he took advantage of the official business in the south and went for a trip. ”

"Hah!" Guo Shao was immediately happy, and slapped him on the shoulder, "I locked you up for several days last year, and you don't hold grudges...... Sit, I'll take a look at the picture first. ”